A former caregiver to seniors with Alzheimer's disease is going to jail for financially exploiting patients.
Heather Whitehouse, 23, of Colchester was sentenced by Judge Linda Levitt to two to four years in jail, six months to serve, followed by four years of probation.
The charges stemmed from Whitestone's employment as a caregiver at The Arbors in Shelburne, a residential care community dedicated to serving seniors with Alzheimer's disease and related memory impairments.
Whitehouse was arrested Dec. 11 and charged with financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, false pretense, unlawful taking of tangible personal property and fraudulent use of a credit card, for allegedly stealing the card and making 22 unauthorized purchases totaling more than $4,000.
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Taking advantage of Alzheimer's patients is the lowest of the lowest.
ReplyDeleteHeather Whitehouse should also have to give community service when she is released from jail.
ReplyDeletePredators always find prey, but when they go after our most vulnerable, it's especially sickening.
ReplyDeleteHeahter Whitehouse is 23. Imagine doing something this sick at such a young age.
I hope she has a lot of quiet time in jail to think about what she's done.
ReplyDeleteSome day she'll be as old as those she stole from. And she'll be as helpless. What goes around, comes around.
This is good. I wonder if we can get Mike Moore interested in these type stories.
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